1988–89 Scottish Cup

1988–89 Scottish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Scotland
Final positions
Champions	Celtic
Runner-up	Rangers
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Ally McCoist (5)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Scottish Cup was the 104th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Rangers in the final.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Berwick Rangers (3)	1–1	Alloa Athletic (3)
East Fife (3)	4–1	Spartans (ESL)
East Stirlingshire (3)	1–0	Gala Fairydean (ESL)
Inverness Thistle (HL)	0–0	Dumbarton (3)
Montrose (3)	2–0	Arbroath (3)
Stranraer (3)	2–2	Stirling Albion (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dumbarton (3)	2–1	Inverness Thistle (HL)
Stirling Albion (3)	0–1	Stranraer (3)
Alloa Athletic (3)	2–1	Berwick Rangers (3)

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Annan Athletic (ESL)	1–5	Queen's Park (3)
Coldstream (ESL)	1–1	Albion Rovers (3)
Cowdenbeath (3)	1–1	Stenhousemuir (3)
East Stirlingshire (3)	1–2	Montrose (3)
Elgin City (HL)	2–2	Dumbarton (3)
Forres Mechanics (HL)	1–1	Alloa Athletic (3)
Inverness Caledonian (HL)	1–1	Brechin City (3)
Stranraer (3)	2–1	East Fife (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Albion Rovers	1–0	Coldstream (ESL)
Alloa Athletic (3)	2–0	Forres Mechanics (HL)
Brechin City (3)	2–1	Inverness Caledonian (HL)
Dumbarton (3)	4–0	Elgin City (HL)
Stenhousemuir (3)	3–2	Cowdenbeath (3)

Third round

Home team	Score	Away team
Meadowbank Thistle (2)	2–0	Hamilton Academical (1)
Alloa Athletic (3)	3–1	Albion Rovers (3)
Celtic (1)	2–0	Dumbarton (3)
Clydebank (2)	2–1	Montrose (3)
Dundee (1)	1–2	Dundee United (1)
Dunfermline Athletic (2)	0–0	Aberdeen (1)
Falkirk (2)	1–1	Motherwell (1)
Forfar Athletic (2)	1–1	Clyde (2)
Hearts (1)	4–1	Ayr United (2)
Hibernian (1)	1–0	Brechin City (3)
Greenock Morton (2)	0–0	Airdrieonians (2)
Partick Thistle (2)	0–0	St Mirren (1)
Queen of the South (2)	2–2	Kilmarnock (2)
Queen's Park (3)	0–0	Stranraer (3)
Raith Rovers (2)	1–1	Rangers (1)
St Johnstone (2)	2–0	Stenhousemuir (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen (1)	3–1	Dunfermline Athletic (2)
Airdrieonians (2)	0–1	Greenock Morton (2)
Motherwell (1)	2–1	Falkirk (2)
Clyde (2)	0–1	Forfar Athletic (2)
Kilmarnock (2)	0–1	Queen of the South (2)
Rangers (1)	3–0	Raith Rovers (2)
St Mirren (1)	1–3	Partick Thistle (2)
Stranraer (3)	1–0	Queen's Park (3)

Fourth round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aberdeen (1)	1–1	Dundee United (1)
Celtic (1)	4–1	Clydebank (2)
Hearts (1)	2–0	Partick Thistle (2)
Hibernian (1)	2–1	Motherwell (1)
Meadowbank Thistle (2)	0–1	Greenock Morton (2)
Queen of the South (2)	0–0	Alloa Athletic (3)
Rangers (1)	8–0	Stranraer (3)
St Johnstone (2)	2–1	Forfar Athletic (2)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United (1)	1–1	Aberdeen (1)
Alloa Athletic (3)	4–2	Queen of the South (2)

Second Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United (1)	1–0	Aberdeen (1)

Quarter-finals

Home team	Score	Away team
Greenock Morton (2)	2–2	St Johnstone (1)
Rangers (1)	2–2	Dundee United (1)
Celtic (1)	2–1	Hearts (1)
Hibernian (1)	1–0	Alloa Athletic (3)

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team
Dundee United (1)	0–1	Rangers (1)
St Johnstone (1)	3–2	Greenock Morton (2)

Semi-finals

15 April 1989^[1]

Rangers	0–0	St Johnstone

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 47,374

16 April 1989^[2]

Celtic	3–1	Hibernian
Mick McCarthy Mark McGhee Andy Walker		Steve Archibald

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 42,160

Replays

18 April 1989^[3]

Rangers	4–0	St Johnstone
Mark Walters Gary Stevens Kevin Drinkell Ally McCoist

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 44,205

Final

20 May 1989

Celtic	1 – 0	Rangers
Joe Miller

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 72,069

Referee: Bob Valentine

References

^ Horror show was torture for Rangers fans, The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1989
^ Celtic's action men earn the songs of praise in quick-time, The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1989
^ Rangers all right on the night, The Glasgow Herald, 19 April 1989

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '87–'88 '88–'89

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1990 World Cup qualifying (Group 5) Rous Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Forfar Athletic Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Morton Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replays

Second Replays

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Replays

Final

References

See also